AWAR:Seems ok, although you can save some money on the PSU if you want.This is a decent one too.

300watts? What the hell HP??

Yeah... I don't know who on earth would put that in a PC. On the bright side the whole default rig is whisper quiet.

The reason I chose that PSU is because Ive heard the motherboard on this model has a semi-proprietary and rejects most decent PSUs so you have to find one that is compatible with the motherboard's weird specifications.

Same problem with both power supplies; it would make a "fizzling" sound...haha...then shut down after a couple of minutes. I figured the first PSU might be faulty, but I tried another, exact same one. No good.

ashleypower:That's why I'm checking here to see if the PSU in question worked...haha.

Ok here's what you should do. Throw that motherboard out and get a decent cheap one as well as the cheapest 500w Coolermaster or Corsair PSU you can find. It's not worth spending time and money trying to figure out what's wrong with that piece of sh!t OEM motherboard..